A Georgia appeals court has thrown out a six-figure default judgment in a disputed home building project. It ruled that the trial courts never gained proper legal power over a construction company. It also ruled that they used the wrong steps when they worked out the money award. Presiding Judge Sara L. Doyle of the…

A major change in South Philadelphia has won state recognition. Workers turned an abandoned, illegal dumping site into a thriving tidal wetland. Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection named the FDR Park Tidal Wetland project a winner of the 2026 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. The award honors its role in building healthier and more sustainable…

A UK charity collected 88,544 unwanted real Christmas trees after the festive season. It turned them into reusable mulch, biomass and land management products. The effort also raised a record £1,885,915 for local causes. Just Helping, the national group behind the yearly Big Christmas TreeCycle Appeal, confirmed in its 2026 impact report that this was…

Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has arrived in the United States.The 45-year-old landed in Miami, Florida, with his wife and two daughters, 48 hours after refusing to concede defeat. Bolsonaro secured 48% of the vote against Lula’s 52% and subsequently threatened to seek to…